UNICEF/WHO Low Birthweight Estimates: Levels and trends 2000-2015

The new analysis is based on 281 million births in 148 countries. This is the first time such estimates have been made available globally, making it possible to track progress and target initiatives that help newborns thrive.

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No one goes to a health care facility to get sick. People go to get better, to deliver babies, to get vaccinated. Yet, hundreds of millions of people face an increased risk of infection by seeking care in health facilities that lack basic necessities, including water, sanitation, hygiene (WASH) and health care waste services.

Latest statistics

A series of briefing notes provide detailed information on child-related global SDG indicators for which UNICEF has been identified as custodian, co-custodian, or supporting agency for the purposes of global reporting.

New data offering a snapshot into the lives of children and women in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea shows slight improvements but persistent challenges. The data comes from a Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) that was conducted in 2017.

The figures are alarming. Malnutrition is responsible for more ill-health than any other cause and while progress on tackling malnutrition has been made, it is simply not good enough. No country is on course to meet all nine global malnutrition targets.

Levels and Trends in Child Mortality

An estimated 6.3 million children under 15 years of age died in 2017, or 1 every 5 seconds, according to the new report. The vast majority of these deaths – 5.4 million – occur in the first five years of life and most could have been prevented. Most children under 5 die from preventable or treatable causes like complications during birth, pneumonia, diarrhoea, neonatal sepsis and malaria.